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The term empire derives from the Latin imperium (power, authority). Politically, an empire is a geographically extensive group of states and peoples (ethnic groups) united and ruled either by a single monarch (Grand Duke, King, Khan, Caesar, Emperor, Empr

The Fall of Constantinople the capital of the Byzantine Empire, which occurred after a 53 day siege by the Ottoman Empire, under the command of Sultan Mehmed II with an army of 100,000 and 320 ships, against the defending army of 5,000 Greeks and 2,000 me

The Byzantine Empire was the Eastern Roman Empire, centered on the capital of Constantinople. Known simply as the Roman Empire to its inhabitants and neighbors, the Empire was the direct continuation of the Ancient Roman State. It is today distinguished f